As he is already pre-judged, he will be wasting his time turning up. I haven't heard Labour, or the Green's ideas yet, although regarding the Greens they would probably have fishing banned altogether.

Why not give the man credit a little credit for having the courage to front up and face those concerned? This is more than past ministers have ever done.

I note only one contributor, Rex, has been prepared to put a number on the total amount of snapper he caught this past season, but without knowing roughly how many times he fished, it is hard to work out the approximate total take.

Gary took his highly predictable poke at those who fish with torpedoes, but having carried out some considerable research locally with torpedo fishers, the snapper count by most is well under two dozen each for the season. As most are retired they hit the beaches often as they have the time to do so.

If cutting back the snapper limit does help put a few more fish in the Bay, then I see no reason why anglers shouldn't offer a little support. Three is somewhat drastic but that is the way negotiation works. With a common sense approach a limit can probably be achieved at six fish. Should that be so, just how many anglers on this site fishing from the beach catch half a dozen snapper a day? Not many, although one recent report showed a picture of a maximum kill of nine fish, which was highly praised. But even that tends to completely fly in the face of the angler's slogan, limit your kill, don't kill your limit.